- Industry: Government
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Department of the Government of Canada responsible for developing regulations, policies and services of transportation in Canada. It is part of the Transportation, Infrastructure and Communities (TIC) portfolio. Transport Canada is based in Ottawa, Ontario
The procedure that is to be followed after an instrument approach procedure (IAP) if, for any reason, a landing is not effected and that occurs normally
(a) when the aircraft has descended to the decision height (DH), or has descended to the minimum descent altitude (MDA) and reached the missed approach point or waypoint, and has not established the required visual reference to land; or
(b) when the aircraft is directed by ATC to pull up or to go around.
Industry:Aviation
A loss of combustion in turbine engines resulting in a loss of engine power.
Industry:Aviation
A hand-held directional light signalling device that emits a brilliant, narrow beam of white, green or red light, as selected by the tower controller. The light gun is used as an alternate means of communication for controlling traffic operating in the vicinity of the airport and on the airport movement area.
Industry:Aviation
The unintentional release of fuel caused by overflow, puncture, loose cap, etc.
Industry:Aviation
The last altitude or flight level (FL) assigned by ATC and acknowledged by the pilot.
Industry:Aviation
A generic term describing equipment that broadcasts distinctive signals on designated frequencies and, depending on application, may either sense a crash and operate automatically or be manually activated. An ELT may be any one of the following:
(a) automatic fixed ELT (ELT(AF))
(b) automatic portable ELT (ELT(AP))
(c) automatically deployable ELT (ELT(AD))
(d) survival ELT (ELT(S))
Industry:Aviation
An ATS consisting of the following:
(a) aircraft movement information service (AMIS);
(b) alerting service; and
(c) flight information service (FIS).
Industry:Aviation
(1) In respect of an aircraft, the act of coming into contact with a supporting surface and the immediately preceding and following acts.
(2) In respect of an airship or free balloon, the act of bringing the airship or balloon under restraint and the immediately preceding and following acts.
Industry:Aviation
A transmitter in the aeronautical radionavigation service that radiates vertically a distinctive pattern to provide position information to aircraft.
Industry:Aviation
